breathed new life into
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: to give new energy, vitality, or hope to
Their leadership breathed new life into the movement.
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Derrick has presented collections at London Fashion Week inspired by various tribes including the posturing cool boys of Shoreditch, tweedy Savile Row types and immigrants who have breathed new life into London’s fashion scene.
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Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
The Great War, however, breathed new life into Spiritualism; as men began to die in their thousands, far away from their homes and families, mediums and investigators were afforded a reinvigorated sense of purpose.
—Alice Vernon
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
If this sounds familiar, AI chatbots have a long history of behaving badly, even before OpenAI came out with ChatGPT in November 2022 and breathed new life into artificial intelligence.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal opened Nov. 2, 1991, and has breathed new life into the iconic building.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
The Great War, however, breathed new life into Spiritualism; as men began to die in their thousands, far away from their homes and families, mediums and investigators were afforded a reinvigorated sense of purpose.
—Alice Vernon
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
If this sounds familiar, AI chatbots have a long history of behaving badly, even before OpenAI came out with ChatGPT in November 2022 and breathed new life into artificial intelligence.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal opened Nov. 2, 1991, and has breathed new life into the iconic building.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Breathed new life into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breathed%20new%20life%20into. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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